The subtitle of this generous 60 track collection may be something of a bold claim but there is no doubting that the artists featured here are amongst the most important and influential the music world has ever known. Another big bonus is that this particular compilation is being sold at a ridiculously low price making it an ideal starter for anybody keen on investigating gospel music's rich roots. Matriarchs such as Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe weigh in with classics such as "Move On Up A Little Higher Part 1" and "Rock Me" and evidence an obvious influence on later female superstars - namely Aretha Franklin who herself features with a formative performance of "Never Grow Old". Elsewhere, male groups like the Five Blind Boys Of Alabama, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet and the wonderful Swan Silvertones showcase their vocal dexterities whilst a pre-secular Sam Cooke simply shines with his Soul Stirrers in numbers like "Jesus Gave Me Water" and "How Far Am I From Canaan?" which add variety to an already diverse compilation. Refreshingly, the compilers of this release have chosen to largely steer away from songs that their owners are normally associated with. For instance, the Swan Silvertones' "My Rock" is chosen in favour of the more renowned "O Mary Don't You Weep" whilst the slow-to-get-ready masterpiece that is Mahalia Jackson's "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" is featured at the expense of other over-compiled potential inclusions. The informative biographical liner notes that are usually included in such releases are lacking but this is only a minor gripe that fails to take away from this fantastically rich body of work from some of gospel music's most significant forerunners. Reviewed by Lins Honeyman
trax disc 1:
1. Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2. Ezekiel Saw the Wheel - The Dixie Hummingbirds 3. Move On Up a Little Higher, Part 1 - Mahalia Jackson 4. Jesus Gave Me Water - Sam Cooke with - The Soul Stirrers 5. Alone and Motherless - The Five Blind Boys of Alabama 6. You Grow Closer - Aretha Franklin 7. Trouble in My Way - The Swan Silvertones 8. John the Revelator - The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet 9. I’m a Rolling - The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi 10. Get Away Jordan - Dorothy Love Coates and The Original Gospel Harmonettes 11. The Old Rugged Cross - The Pilgrim Travelers 12. Rough and Rocky Road - The Mighty Stars of Harmony 13. The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow - Sister Ernestine Washington 14. This Is My Prayer - The Soul Stirrers 15. Wade in the Water - The Charioteers 16. Gospel Train - Marie Knight & The Dependable Boys 17. My God Is a Mighty Man - Anthony Butler 18. I Saw the Light - The Selah Jubilee Singers 19. Gideon and the Sword - The Trumpeteers 20. Will He Welcome Me There? - The Sensational Nightingales
trax disc 2:
1. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - The Dixie Hummingbirds 2. Heaven on My Mind - The Five Blind Boys of Alabama 3. Never Grow Old - Aretha Franklin 4. Packing Every Burden - The Fairfield Four 5. What Is the Soul of Man? - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 6. When God Dips His Pen - The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi 7. We Will Walk Through the Valley - Sister Ernestine Washington 8. I’m Bound for the Promised Land - The Charioteers 9. How Far Am I From Canaan? - Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers 10. Lord Give Me Wings - The Kings of Harmony 11. Babylon’s Fallen - The Trumpeteers 12. Everyday Will Be a Sunday - Dorothy Love Coates and The Original Gospel Harmonettes 13. Mother Bowed - The Pilgrim Travelers 14. Didn’t It Rain - The Golden Gate Quartet 15. Have You Heard About the World - The Alphabetical Four 16. Strange Things Happen Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 17. Rock of Ages - Vivian Cooper 18. How I Got Over - Clara Ward & The Ward Singers 19. Amazing Grace - Mahalia Jackson 20. I Want to Rest - The Soul Stirrers
trax disc 3:
1. I’m So Glad (Trouble Don’t Last Always) - Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers 2. God’s Gonna Separate the Wheat From the Tares - Mahalia Jackson 3. Something Within Me - The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi 4. Rock My Soul - The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet 5. My Rock - The Swan Silvertones 6. When I Reach My Heavenly Home - Dorothy Love Coates and The Original Gospel Harmonettes 7. My Record Will Be There - Sister Ernestine Washington 8. Milky White Way - The Trumpeteers 9. Satisfied With Jesus - The Pilgrim Travelers 10. Friends, Let Me Tell You About Jesus - The Dixieaires 11. Peace in the Valley - The Soul Stirrers 12. He Knows Just How Much We Can Bear - The Selah Jubilee Singers 13. I Want My Crown - The Blind Boys of Alabama 14. Search Me Lord - Brother Joe May 15. Touch Me Lord Jesus - Marie Knight & Vivian Cooper 16. Jesus Is a Rock in the Weary Land - The Charioteers 17. The Blood Done Signed My Name - The Radio Four 18. The Book of the Seven Seas - The Dixie Hummingbirds 19. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen - Mahalia Jackson
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"Gospel" The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
...Many Thanks To Jillem For The Gospel Share! Share! served by Gyro1966...
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Cheers,ELtel
Thanks, ELtel. Some pretty essential stuff.
BONUS 1 OF 6 @320
Small Faces - The Decca Years 1965-1967 (Box Set 2015)
The Decca Years is a new five-CD Small Faces box set scheduled for release later this year.
This collection will apparently round up “every recording” the group made for Decca, alongside rarities and alternative versions alongside a disc of their BBC sessions including several previously unavailable recordings.
All audio has been remastered (again) from the original analogue sources under the supervision of drummer Kenney Jones, who after the death of Ian ‘Mac’ McLagan last year is now the last surviving member of the group.
The box sounds like it will be the same design as the Tears For Fears / Simple Minds super deluxe editions, with five discs housed in wallets within a rigid lift-off lid box and a 72-page booklet. Mark Paytress has written a new essay which will feature in the booklet alongside rare photos and memorabilia.
The Decca Years will be released on 9 October 2015. More news on this release when we get it. (SuperdeluxeEdition)
This latest release from the Small Faces back catalogue is an excellent addition to any fans collection.
Following on from the extensive re-issue campaign in 2012 (which saw many of the tracks remastered from original tapes for the first time) comes this exhaustive overview of the bands time on the Decca label. More alternate versions/mixes have surfaced in the three years since and these have been added to the fourth disc which deals exclusively with rarities.
The remastering on this box set is, by and large, extremely good. The liner notes make reference to discoveries of purer tape sources for the two albums 'Small Faces' and 'From The Beginning' since the 2012 release and it must be said they sound excellent. Crisp and with excellent clarity, they're also noticeably quieter than previous versions (the 1997 remasters for instance), which should please audiophiles. (Shindig)
Greatest Hits CD1
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Small Faces CD2
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From the Beginning CD3
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Rarities & Outtakes CD4
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BBC Sessions CD5
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INFO
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-small-faces-the-decca-years/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Decca-Years-1965-1967-Small-Faces/dp/B00ZK3QV1Y
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-decca-years-1965-1967-mw0002867383
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/08/the-small-faces-the-decca-years-1965-1967-review
BONUS 2 OF 6 @320
Moaning, Groaning, Crying - A Galaxy Of Soul and R&B
Fantasy Records’ Galaxy subsidiary had one of the best West Coast R&B catalogues of the mid-1960s, and A Galaxy Of Soul celebrates it with a killer selection of grooves drawn from the label’s vaults. While there are some acknowledged classics on display – including the label’s perennial hit, Rodger Collins’ ‘She’s Looking Good’, here presented for the first time from the original session tape – the vast majority of tracks are being reissued for the first time. Galaxy’s trademark was having blues and R&B acts update their sound to the sock-it-to-me one-two punch of mid-1960s dancefloor soul. Hence the fabulous sides from the likes of Collins, Charles Brown, Gale Anderson, and Sonny Rhodes. There’s James Brown-style pleading from Little Ronnie and the insistent groove of the self-contained Right Kind. Future funk notables Lenny Williams and Harold Andrews show up with some of their earliest releases. A Galaxy Of Soul also features rare titles from another Fantasy R&B subsidiary, Early Bird, including Pat Hunt, Buddy Conner and the stupendous Casanova II, plus a selection of titles from the Soul Clock and MIOB (Music Is Our Business) labels. It also includes in-demand items by the Fuller Brothers and Claude Huey. The package comes with top-notch sound, the result of many hours spent in tape research, plus copious notes that detail this fascinating period in West Coast soul history. (Record Runner)
1. She’s Looking Good - RODGER COLLINS
2. Moaning Groaning Crying - THE FULLER BROTHERS
3. Super Cool (You’re Just Super Fool) - PAT HUNT
4. Daddy Rolling Stone - OZZ & THE SPERLINGS
5. You’re A Winner - HAROLD ANDREWS
6. Maybe They’re Right - THE CASANOVA II
7. Driftin’ - CLAUDE HUEY
8. I’m The Right Kind Of Guy - THE RIGHT KIND
9. Half Way Loving - BUDDY CONNER
10. You Better Stop - SONNY RHODES
11. I Was Wrong (Parts One & Two) - LITTLE RONNIE & THE CHROMATICS
12. Don’t Knock Me - THE EBONYS
13. Love’s Philosophy - THE CASANOVA II
14. I Couldn’t Find Nobody - LENNY WILLIAMS
15. Hands Off My Girl - RODGER COLLINS
16. I Can’t Stop It - Gail Anderson
17. As Long As You’re In Circulation - Isaiah Smith
18. Get To Stepping (and Don’t Come Back) - Little Ronnie & The Chromatics
19. I’ve Been Changed - The Right Kind
20. Cry No More - Charles Brown
21. I Was A Fool - The Casanova II
22. I Was Kiddin’ - Sonny Rhodes
23. It’s My Turn Now - Gail Anderson
24. She’s A Good Woman - Rodger Collins
25. My Illusion - Sugar Pie DeSanto
26. Didn’t We Have A Good Time Girl? - Claude Huey
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INFO
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moaning-Groaning-Crying-Galaxy-Soul/dp/B0002QPSWM
BONUS 3 OF 6 @320
Beach Boys‚ Party! Uncovered and Unplugged (1965, 2015 Remastered,Expanded)
For the new two-CD edition The Beach Boys Party! Uncovered and Unplugged, The Beach Boys and producer Mark Linett have stripped away the overdubbed party sounds from the album’s original 12 tracks so that the songs can be heard as they were first recorded. A massive 69 songs/outtakes/dialogue tracks from all of the band’s Party! recording sessions are also included.
Pull the party poppers for another 50th anniversary celebration as Capitol/Universal Music release The Beach Boys Party! Uncovered and Unplugged, a remixed, remastered and expanded two-CD edition of their joyous 1965 album of covers…
The original Beach Boys’ Party! was perhaps the first-ever ‘unplugged’ rock and roll album, with only acoustic guitars, bass, bongos, harmonica and tambourine employed as instrumentation. It only came about because Capitol Records were pressurising the band to put out another long-player – their tenth studio album. Brian Wilson was busy working on future masterpiece Pet Sounds, so as fellow band member Mike Love puts it: “We said, ‘Well, what can we do quickly and easily?’ And we decided to make this party album.”
Recorded over several experimental sessions at the Western Recorders in Hollywood, the band invited a few friends and collaborators to join them in the studio as they recorded spontaneous covers of contemporary hits by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and many more. Their cover of The Regents’ Barbara-Ann would go on to become a signature Beach Boys song, minus the hyphen in the original title. They even made self-parodying versions of two of their own biggest hits, I Get Around and Little Deuce Couple. With many songs recorded, they then returned to the studio with friends and family for a three-hour session recording party sounds and chatter to layer over the music. http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beach-boys-party-uncovered-and-unplugged-expanded-2cd-set/
CD1
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CD2
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INFO
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beach-boys-party-uncovered-and-unplugged-expanded-2cd-set/
BONUS 4 OF 6 @320
Michael Carpenter - Hopefulness '01
“Kailee Anne” may well be the most perfect pop song issued this year. From the ‘60s girl group opening to the soaring chorus to the Beatlesque guiitar solo and bridge, it fully encapsulates decades of pop in just shy of three minutes. And that’s just the first track on Michael Carpenter’s stunning second album, Hopefulness. Transcending influences, in fact, isn’t a problem for Carpenter. It’s clear he has spent a lot of time listening to and studying the Beach Boys and the Beatles (his recreation of “Rain” posted as an MP3 on his web site a few months ago, was ample proof of his talents), and he’s put what he’s learned into practice. But while you can point to a particular vocal or guitar line and say “that sounds like Brian Wilson” or “that reminds me of George Harrison”, these bits are part of a whole that sounds like Carpenter. He has absorbed his influences and used them to make something his own.(popmatters)
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INFO
http://www.popmatters.com/review/carpentermichael-hopefulness/
BONUS 5 OF 6 @320
Michael Carpenter - Rolling Ball '04
Michael Carpenter produced some of the best singer/songwriter rock & roll records around the turn of the millennium, but until 2003's Kings Rd. Works he was handling most of the instrumentation, recording, and production entirely himself. It seemed that having a full band in the studio with him would provide an extra dose of power and energize his normally humble efforts, but for some reason the end result was a record that sounded more constrained than his prior work and came off as a bit of a disappointment. He retrenched with the follow-up, 2004's brilliant Rolling Ball, a dizzyingly diverse record that borrows from a cornucopia of styles and bursts with enthusiasm. Rolling Ball doesn't represent a break from form so much as an increase in focus: this is still the same Michael Carpenter who's been releasing rootsy and earnest pop/rock records since 1999. It is a return, at least to some extent, to the sound of Carpenter's first (and best) record, Baby, but not self-consciously so. Instead, Carpenter has shattered the "next Tom Petty" tag and realized that his many influences, which he has always tended to wear on his sleeve throughout his records, can merge to create a record that sounds like his own work, and that part of that process is to actually allow them to seep through fully. Essentially, Rolling Ball is where Carpenter decided to stop recognizing the boundaries of his influences and to instead fully integrate them, and the end result is excellence: the title track and "Emily Says" recall classic bubblegum, "The Ache" nods toward the twang of the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo without cribbing too liberally from the source material, ballads like "Good Enough" and "Everyday" resonate in a way that his slower material didn't before (especially on Kings Rd. Works, where they were the obvious Achilles' heel), and he also creates some of the most complex and dizzyingly diverse songs of his career, in particular the neo-psychedelic "The Day Before." Building from tense and foreboding verses, the song bursts into an anthemic, chunky classic rock-styled chorus before sinking again into the pulsating depths of the Nuggets-inspired verses. It's one of the best examples yet put to tape of just how much this artist is capable of achieving, and stands as the centerpiece of his brilliant return to form. (Allmusic)
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(Thanks to jrb for this Michael Carpenter album)
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/rolling-ball-mw0000342503
Don’t miss the most recent album:
Michael Carpenter - The Big Radio '15
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BONUS 6 OF 6 @320
Emmylou Harris - Spyboy with Buddy Miller: Live In Germany '00
I have been an Emmylou fan since I first saw her playing small bars here in Washington, D.C. and she just keeps getting better. This is by far her most musically adventurous band coming on the heels of her Wrecking Ball recording. Emmylou sings with more power and soul than ever and Buddy Miller is a truly unique musician. If you like the Spyboy recording this is a must. (No Depression)
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INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Spyboy-Live-From-Legendary-Exit/dp/B00004YS80
@ Jillem: Just wanted to tell you how grateful I am for
the great gospel and soul shares you made today (as usual..)
Thank you for Moaning, Groaning, Crying and Emmylou Harris.
many thanks for the Small Faces.....anyone got the Georgie Fame Box or new Graham Bond Box yet?
Paul
Thanks for the Faces & Michael Carpenter.
Thanks Thanks Everybody.
Gyro - thanks for the Michael Carpenter Hopefulness post! I appreciate it. The new one, Big Radio, is an absolute killer for anyone that likes power pop. The first 2 tracks alone make it more than worth checking out. The guy is a completely underrated genius. It's criminal he's so unknown. Thanks again! If I come across any more, I'll post them but Big Radio and Rolling Ball were all I had outside of a few misc. tracks from compilations.
jrb
It's hard to tell yourself to stop when you continue to post such wonderfully eclectic, classy music! You have my deepest appreciation.......Emmylou, soul, And several gospel selections!!?? We are so fortunate. Thank you!
Gyro, thanks a million for the Beach Boys
Tanx to L-Tel for Raging Harlem Hit Parade 1&2 (are there more?) and G-66 for the Small Faces!
Anonymous, Googled for a vol 3 with no luck I'm afraid, unless any one knows otherwise.
cheers,ELtel
Gospel" The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
the links for this don't work
link now working for the essential gospel collection,thanks kindly for all the music and the fixed link
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